Narrator/Wang Dazhi
My father came to the house that day with a woman in high spirits, and he called me over and told me, "Come, Dazhi, this is your mother." ”
I glanced at her, didn't speak, and thought to myself, "She's so ugly, not as beautiful as my mother at all." ”
This is my stepmother, I was only 7 years old at the time, and my mother had been away for three years.
Three years ago, on my birthday, my mother was so tired that she forgot about my birthday after working all day in the fields. I pouted and ignored my mother, so that she had to make up for my birthday.
My mother loved me and felt that she was wrong with her, so she agreed to take me to the town to buy delicious food.
My mother took me to a state-run restaurant in town and ordered two dishes for me for 4 cents, and I was so excited that I ate it so much that I forgot everything.
It is said that the accident or tomorrow does not know which will come first, but our accident still came.
After eating, because I was so excited, I was happily walking down the street, completely unaware that there was a car driving towards us diagonally, and in my panic, I felt pushed away by a pair of strong hands.
I was pushed to the side of the road, and my mother was hit by a car and fell to the ground.
I cried and was overwhelmed, and my mother was taken to the hospital by passers-by, but the people had already left us.
At that time, I was too young and ignorant, and my mother cried when she ignored me, but when I was older, I knew that I was in trouble, and I was too ignorant, and if it wasn't for the birthday, my mother wouldn't have had an accident.
Since then, my father and I have lived together.
My father had to take care of me while doing farm work, and sometimes he couldn't take care of me, so he handed me over to my grandparents.
In fact, my father was also a big man who relied on his mother to take care of him before, and his mother did all the work of laundry and cooking, and he didn't do it well.
A year later, someone suggested to him that I find another stepmother, and at first my father shook his head, saying that I was too young and afraid that it would not be good for me.
People may have to rely on a bit of fate in this life, and my dad and stepmother are.
After another two years, matchmakers began to introduce my dad to people.
The matchmaker introduced several times, but the father was not satisfied, and the father nodded after seeing the stepmother, in fact, the appearance was not as good as the previous ones, but the father just looked pleasing to the eye.
The stepmother's personality is very aggressive, and she does things neatly, and our family is much cleaner and tidy immediately with her, and she has the appearance of home.
My father was also in a much better mood, and he no longer had anything to do sitting in front of the door in a daze.
My stepmother treats me as if she were her own, and if she has good food at home, she will leave it all to me, and she will do all the heavy work, and I will be responsible for playing.
My grandparents even called me over and asked me, "Is your stepmother kind to you?" Did she beat you?"
Grandparents are not at ease.
But since I started school, my stepmother has become strict with me. When I relaxed a little bit in my studies, my stepmother would criticize me and sometimes beat me.
I remember that time in the second grade, I followed my companions to the river to touch the fish, there were a lot of fish at that time, we made the small river ditch turbid first, and then the fish all floated to the surface, we touched a lot, and the mood was super refreshing, so we discussed whether to go to school, anyway, the adults don't know.
We were in the middle of a rush when my stepmother came to the river, took off her shoes, walked up to me with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and pulled me out of the muddy water by twisting my ears.
I screamed in pain, and my stepmother ignored it.
After going to the shore, the stepmother said loudly, "Do you dare to skip school?"
I quickly said, "Don't dare, don't dare anymore." ”
My stepmother let her hand away, but when I saw this, I said, "I don't need you to care, and you are not my own mother." My own mother won't beat me. ”
After saying that, hurry up and run. I'm afraid my stepmother will catch up with me from behind.
Later, I found out that it was Aunt Wang from our village who was working in the fields, and when she saw a few of us playing in the river, she told my stepmother when she passed by my door.
When my grandmother heard about it, she kept saying that my stepmother was not good to me and was so cruel. If my own mother was here, I wouldn't have done this to me.
But after this time, I didn't dare to skip school again during that time.
Although he complained that she was nosy, he didn't dare to disobey her.
By the fourth grade, my grades were pretty good.
At that time, the primary school was a five-year system, and the fifth grade had to be taken to the junior high school, and I was admitted to a good middle school in our county.
The father was very happy and said, "Your mother still has a way, and she can manage it well." ”
Later, when I entered junior high school, the school was too far away from home, so I started living on campus and went home once a week.
Every Saturday at noon, as soon as I entered the gate of the hospital, I could smell the strong aroma of food, and my father said, "Your mother cooks even if you get home, you love to eat, I'm afraid you won't eat well at school." ”
In the third year of junior high school, when the love first opened, I fell in love with a sweet-looking girl in our class, and I also delayed my studies because of this, and I once slowly slipped from the top ten in the class to the bottom five.
The teacher called the parents, and the father was not available, so the stepmother went to school, and after knowing everything, when she got home, as soon as she entered the door, the stepmother reached out and picked up the broom that was placed by the wall, and stretched it out to me, and I ran quickly when I saw this.
My stepmother was chasing after me and I was relieved that I ran around the village and was not caught up in the end.
I thought: "If you catch up with your stepmother and look at her angry appearance, this will be another beating." ”
I wandered around for a few hours before I dared to go home, but my stepmother didn't beat me this time, but asked me to sit down, and said meaningfully: "Dazhi, my mother didn't want to beat you, now that you are in the third year of junior high school, you will be admitted to high school immediately, and you will work hard so that you finally give up, isn't it a pity? We're going to be working hard for a few months, okay?"
I nodded.
During high school, my father was seriously ill and had to be taken care of at the bedside at all times.
In order for my stepmother to let me study with peace of mind, she took care of my father and didn't let us care, only let me study with peace of mind.
In those years, I watched my stepmother's body lose weight day by day. He was busy working alone outside the house, and his eyes were bloodshot.
At this time, I was already sensible, and everything my stepmother did, I saw in my eyes and remembered it in my heart, so I studied harder.
Eventually, I was admitted to university, and my stepmother was in tears of joy.
Although her stepmother had no education and was an authentic farmer, she knew in her heart that in that era, only knowledge could change fate.
Later, I successfully joined a state-owned enterprise with a stable income, and it was also in this year that my father left us forever.
My stepmother and I were the only ones left at home, and when I went to work, my stepmother was left at home alone.
A year after my stepmother came to my house, she had a child, but because of that rainy day, I didn't come home from school for a long time, she rushed to find me, stepped on a deep puddle, fell down, and the baby was gone.
This accident also made her lose the opportunity to be a mother forever and never have her own children again.
I've been sad for a long time. Decided to take good care of her in the future.
My wife and I are in the same company, my wife has a gentle personality and is very easy to get along with, and I think I am a very happy person.
We bought a house in the city and went to see our stepmother when we had time.
In 99, my child was born, and my stepmother took the initiative to help me take care of the child, and my wife was very moved, so far, I have the most complete home, with a mother, a wife, and children, and they are the three most important people in the rest of my life.
Later, my stepmother got older, and her body gradually developed various minor problems, and my wife and I took care of them. often chatted with her, took her for regular physical examinations, and tried her best to live comfortably in life. The wife also soaked her stepmother's feet every night to let her sleep well.
Now that I think about it, my stepmother gave me everything she had, and I can't repay this great kindness, and all I can do is take care of her in her old age, just as she did to me back then.